Diamondhead

Today, Ted and I went to the top of Diamondhead. This is the most popular hiking trail in the state of Hawai’i. It’s 0.8 miles one way and rises 560 feet in elevation, beginning on a paved state park sidewalk, but quickly giving way to a worn, lava rock trail and stairs.

We’re heading for the high point in the center of this photo. If you zoom your screen, you’ll discover blurry objects that resemble people at the top.

Here’s Ted on our way up. You can see people and the cut trail above him.

This is a good view of the Diamondhead crater. Before it started raining in the distance, we could see Molokai in the upper right.

This is what we walked on most of the way.

We paused for a moment to enjoy the views before making the final push to join the crowd at the top.

Just in case we didn’t notice that there’s nowhere higher to go but into the sky, the sign tells us we’re at the end of the trail.

Here’s Honolulu from the peak of Diamondhead. The arrow on the left points to the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. The arrow on the right points to our hotel tower (one of eight) at our resort.

The views from the top are magnificent.

I think I can see New Zealand on the horizon. We’ll be there next December.

The hike up wasn’t bad, but going down was easier.

We enjoyed every minute of our time on Diamondhead this morning.